OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not
an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on
any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB
Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. In
accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this
time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must
submit to OMB a summary of all comments related to the information
collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response.
The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the
information collection as a result of these comments.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2021
04/30/2021
04/30/2021
206
0
206
2,224
0
2,224
4,120
0
4,120
An Individual Fishing Quota Program
for the West Coast groundfish trawl fishery was implemented in
January 2011 by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. This
mandatory data collection program will continue to collect economic
cost earnings data from all harvesters and processors participating
in the West Coast groundfish trawl fishery. These participants
include catcher vessels (who deliver to both shoreside first
receivers and at sea motherships), motherships, catcher-processors,
and first receivers/shorebased processors. Northwest Fishery
Science Center (NWFSC) economists will use these data to examine
how the implementation of catch share management affects fleet
structure, production costs, employment, generation and
distribution of economic rent, and regional economic impacts.
Analysis based on this data will not only be used for providing
information to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council on changes
to the catch share program, but also to meet monitoring
requirements for catch share programs in the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
This is a revision pursuant to proposed rule 0648-BI35 that adds a
new form and 40 new respondents who are “Quota Share Permit owners”
to the West Coast Economic Data Collection.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303A Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
The proposed rule for PCGF FMP
Amendment 21-4, RIN 0648-BI35 would revise regulations to require
any owner of a Quota Share Permit and associated quota share
account to complete required EDC forms as of January 1, 2020. In
2019, there are an estimated 178 Quota Share permit/account owners.
The current revision adds to the collection 73 new respondents who
are Quota Share Permit owners that do not also own, charter, or
lease a catcher vessel, catcher-processor, mothership, or first
receiver/shorebased processing plant. Respondents that fall into
one of the four aforementioned categories currently completing EDC
forms in this collection and will also be required to complete QS
Permit owner forms. The form related to QS permit ownership will
require approximately 1 hour, once per year to complete, and will
be collected electronically. NMFS estimates an increase of 178
hours to the total for this collection. This program change results
in and increase of 73 new respondents, 178 new individual
responses, 178 additional public burden hours, and $35.60 in public
burden costs.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.